sark

Meanings

Noun

• A shirt.

Verb

• To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Origin

• From Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serc, syrc; and syrce, sirce, serce, from Proto-West Germanic *sarki, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz ("shirt, armour, hauberk"), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *swerk-, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- ("to arrange, tack, tie, unite").
• Cognate with Scots sark, serk, North Frisian serk ("shirt"), Danish særk ("gown, shirt"), Swedish särk ("shirt, chemise"), Icelandic serkur ("nightshirt").